Waverley magazine vol. 8 no. 15

A Morman was asked what he thought of the words of scripture which required him who had been smitten on one cheek, to turn the other also?
“A very remarkable passage," he answered, "spoken by Jesus himself, and strikingly illustrative of his thorough acquaintance with human nature. A man may strike you at first under a mistake, or without in-tending any harm; and you ought not to strike back immediately, but turn the other cheek, and give him an opportunity to explain, or, if he is in earnest, to re-peat the offence. However, you need not turn a third time, but if a man strikes you twice, then into him like a thousand of brick."

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A Morman was asked what he thought of the words of scripture which required him who had been smitten on one cheek, to turn the other also?
“A very remarkable passage," he answered, "spoken by Jesus himself, and strikingly illustrative of his thorough acquaintance with human nature. A man may strike you at first under a mistake, or without in-tending any harm; and you ought not to strike back immediately, but turn the other cheek, and give him an opportunity to explain, or, if he is in earnest, to re-peat the offence. However, you need not turn a third time, but if a man strikes you twice, then into him like a thousand of brick."